Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
When a family of 20-members was in slumber at their house in Hudkeshwar, the thieves smoothly entered the house and decamped with gold ornaments and cash collectivelly worth Rs 20 lakh, Hudkeshwar police said. The police are suspecting that someone close to the family was involved in the theft.
A police official said that the theft took place between 1 am and 5.30 am when all the family members of Kripashankar Mitlaal Shahu (36) were sleeping at their house near Shitala Mata temple, Hudkeshwar Khurd. Families of Kripashankar and his three brothers live in the grand house constructed on a 4,000 sq ft plot. The family is involved in the business of grocery. The thieves entered the house after breaking open latch of the main door. They picked a key from the prayer room and opened a cupboard. Later they got a key to the main cupboard. The thieves opened four cupboards and pocketed gold jewellery weighing 35 tolas worth Rs 16 lakhs and Rs four lakh cash.
The theft came to fore on Tuesday at 5.30 am. Kripashankar's wife woke up to see the cupboard was open. She raised an alarm after suspecting theft. According to police, gold ornaments and cash collectivelly worth Rs 9.10 lakh were stolen by the thieves. DCP (Zone IV) Dr Akshay Shinde and Hudkeshwar's PI Pratap Bhosale rushed to the spot along with their team. Dog Squad and Fingerprint Experts were also summoned for investigation.
The police are suspecting that someone close to the family was involved in the theft. The thief was aware of the activities of the family members. He knew that the four brothers go to sleep in their respective rooms at night. The wardrobe is kept in another room. After entering the house, the thief locked the doors of the adjacent rooms from outside, the police said.An offence under Section 457 and 380 of Indian Penal Code was registered by Hudkeshwar police. Further investigation is on.
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